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I like the fighting/flying combo, and as for the electric/psychic that seems really interesting! My question is what other types could possibly be associated with these two mythological beings, flying is obvious, there's maybe ground, or grass to do with the trees and their trunk, it looks steel, I think it'll be steel, though the different colours throw me off a little I don't think Yveltal is going to be a dark type, because generally dark types are evil, but then again, I don;t really know the myth behind the eagle that much

I like both since they actually look pretty original. Even though Xerneas reminds me of Virizion, its design is very nonconventional because of the sword like legs and its collar cannot be matched.
Yveltal's Y shaped body is completely fresh, and its horns make it look different than many bird Pokémon.

If the Z legendary indeed is based on endoderm tissue I think it will focus on the lungs.
If lungs are the main focus we have three options:
1. Z is able to blow powerful gusts of air (Normal)and maybe propel itself into the air (Flying)
2. Z is a whale and can dive for a long time with those large lungs, some have even suggested underwater as the third dimension.
3. The lungs are purely aesthetic and has no influence on Z's typing or powers.

Originally Posted by blaze boy

I came across an article about what Xerneas & Yvelta theme could be based on and I found really interesting and thought that I should share it.

I'm not sure if someone has mentioned this before, but it popped into my head when I was looking at the official art.

Xerneas' four colours on its antlers may be a reference to the four base pairings in DNA structures. Adenine, Guanine, Thymine and Cytosine. I don't know what this could possibly mean if it's true, but maybe Xerneas can manipulate DNA?

Edit: Well, that article completely destroys this theory. It seems like the Norse influence makes the most sense.

Personally I really like Yveltall's design. Xerneas is very majestic, just.... idk I just have to say I like Yveltal.
I really hope that Yveltal will be available in Pokemon Y, just because I usually base which version of the game I want depending on the cover art, and so far I must say I like Pokemon Y's title better then Pokemon X. Just IMO

All credit for the picture above goes to Sworn Metalhead.

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Also to peak your fancy, my Friend Safari Type is Fairy, and I distribute Floette, Snubbull, and Spritzee.

I'm not sure if someone has mentioned this before, but it popped into my head when I was looking at the official art.

Xerneas' four colours on its antlers may be a reference to the four base pairings in DNA structures. Adenine, Guanine, Thymine and Cytosine. I don't know what this could possibly mean if it's true, but maybe Xerneas can manipulate DNA?

Edit: Well, that article completely destroys this theory. It seems like the Norse influence makes the most sense.

Well, actually on the CoroCoro scans you can see a little twist of DNA on Xerneas's page, and on Yveltal's page. So both of them could be different attributes of DNA even though they are also based on Norse mythos.

well assuming Nidhoggr is a dragon and usually Game Freak goes for the obvious, and then hits you with a secondary tying that'll make you go 0.o ,

So then with that said what if they were to release it as a ground/grass???? Horrible typing I know, but since I does look connected to both the ground and nature in appearance..... that typing would make me go. 0\_/0

All credit for the picture above goes to Sworn Metalhead.

Feel free to add me to your Friends List, Just PM me with your FC if you do so
Also to peak your fancy, my Friend Safari Type is Fairy, and I distribute Floette, Snubbull, and Spritzee.

And as for the poll of Favorite XY legendary, the GPD has one already made.

May I have a link?

Edit: I'm almost positive Xerneas is Psychic/Electric. Its antlers have such a striking resemblance to Lightning bolts, it's not even funny. Even the jewel things in its antlers look like lightning bolts. Then part Psychic to match my theory that Yveltal is Dark/Flying, and the fact that it has the mystical look to it. Plus, if it's Psychic/Electric and Yveltal is Dark/Flying, they are both good against each other, and one doesn't have an edge over.

Guys, I don't know if this was mentioned before but, there is another interesting theory I found about the legends.
Well before this, we need a bit of biology. In vertebrates there is something called germ layer, which develops into all the tissues and organs of our body. There are 3-
1) Ectoderm - Most important function of this is to develop into skin and all the neurons
2) Mesoderm - Develops into RBCs and all the muscles in the body.
3) Endoderm - Develops into the epithelial cells ( skin stuff ) and lung cells, pancreas, etc.

If you can notice, Yeveltal looks very much like a muscles would look in our body, it's red and you can clearly see striation ( those lines ) that are characteristic of muscles in our body ( striated muscles are special types of fast twitch muscles in our body ). So, yerneas could represent muscles and hence the mesoderm.
Xerneas is majestic and stuff, she appears central. Also, those antlers look a lot like the dendrons and dendrites radiating out from a neuron. So, Xerneas could represent the neural connection of our body, and hence the Ectoderm.
So, the third legendary would represent the Endoderm.
It's just a theory. Tis might fit well with the chromosome stuff, since all this is based on human biology.

Guys, I don't know if this was mentioned before but, there is another interesting theory I found about the legends.
Well before this, we need a bit of biology. In vertebrates there is something called germ layer, which develops into all the tissues and organs of our body. There are 3-
1) Ectoderm - Most important function of this is to develop into skin and all the neurons
2) Mesoderm - Develops into RBCs and all the muscles in the body.
3) Endoderm - Develops into the epithelial cells ( skin stuff ) and lung cells, pancreas, etc.

If you can notice, Yeveltal looks very much like a muscles would look in our body, it's red and you can clearly see striation ( those lines ) that are characteristic of muscles in our body ( striated muscles are special types of fast twitch muscles in our body ). So, yerneas could represent muscles and hence the mesoderm.
Xerneas is majestic and stuff, she appears central. Also, those antlers look a lot like the dendrons and dendrites radiating out from a neuron. So, Xerneas could represent the neural connection of our body, and hence the Ectoderm.
So, the third legendary would represent the Endoderm.
It's just a theory. Tis might fit well with the chromosome stuff, since all this is based on human biology.

Well I got another theory that encompasses all the theories said so far. Just a cool thought.
These games could represent evolution as a whole, and how things change over time and how they become better and better.

One one hand, X and Y represents human evolution, a great achievement of natural selection, by representing chromosomes and the germ cell stuff mentioned earlier. How these parts of the human body have developed is a marvelous step in the history of evolution.
Similarly, these games are a marvelous step in the history of Pokémon evolution. They represent the transition that these games are making from the 2D X-Y plane to the Z plane.

So, these stuff could be all represented by the legendaries we have, and at the same time these legends are from Norse mythology, to show a bit of Europe as well !

Is it just me or is Pokémon getting waaaay more symbolic that it used to be in Gen 1/2/3 ?